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Frailty Characteristics Predict Respiratory Failure in Patients Undergoing Tracheobronchoplasty

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Submitted by

Emily Robinson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.05.065

Author(s)

Daniel H. Buitrago, Sidhu P. Gangadharan, Adnan Majid, Michael S. Kent, Daniel Alape, Jennifer L. Wilson, Mihir S. Parikh, Dae H. Kim

Patients undergoing tracheobronchoplasty for diffuse tracheobronchial malacia were retrospectively stratified as severely frail or other based on a cumulative deficits model score. Severe frailty was associated with an increased risk of respiratory failure (OR 13.1), pneumonia (OR 20.1), and overall respiratory complications (OR 17.4).